Ploce (figure of speech)

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A ploce is a figure of speech in which a word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis.

Examples:

• "In that great victory, Caesar was Caesar!"
• "Make war upon themselves - brother to brother / Blood to blood, self against self." - Richard III, by Shakespeare

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